Vigilance officers have detected disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs90 lakh from the possession of DSP Pravat Kumar Pradhan, who is currently working as the Salepur SDPO under Cuttack (Rural) police district.
On the allegations of acquisitions and possession of disproportionate assets, Pradhan’s office, Government quarters and his and his relatives’ houses were searched by the Vigilance police.
According to a Vigilance release on Monday, along
with Pradhan’s multistoried building at Tulasipur here, his brother’s house at Mohantypada and his father-in-law’s house also at Tulasipur were searched.
Movable assets like car, moped, gold and silver ornaments, bank and insurance deposits and cash worth Rs17.66 lakh and immovable assets, including land and buildings worth Rs71.34 lakh were detected during the search, the release said.
Pradhan, was however, not arrested or placed under suspension after the Vigilance searches in his houses.
“The SDPO performed his duties as usual on Monday,” said Cuttack (Rural) SP Gurudas Kundu, adding that he has not received any communiqué from the Vigilance on the fate of the case against the SDPO.